The Barnes episode left Le Corbusier with a bitter memory of his visit to Philadelphia. By contrast, his experiences at Bowdoin College a few days later (November 12) were entirely congenial. Le Corbusier may have considered Bowdoin a provincial New England college, but he found there an audience that appreciated his international celebrity…. Even in the remote reaches of Brunswick, Maine, Le Corbusier remained remarkably in character. Just before the lecture he attended a small gathering at the home of Bowdoin president Kenneth Sills. There at the dinner table, according to a widely circulated story, Le Corbusier responded to a guest’s questions about his ideas on city planning. Sweeping aside dishes and silverware, he borrowed a lipstick from one of the women guests and sketched his concept of an ideal town in glossy red.